Penn National Beats Estimates NORTH AMERICA
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Penn National Gaming’s full year results beat analyst guidance by $11.5m, suggesting that regional gaming had bounced back for the company
Penn National Gaming’s year end results demonstrate the bounce- back felt across regional casinos in the US market
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In its fourth quarter, which ended December 31, Penn National Gaming reported a rise in revenue to $734m, compared to $651.4m from the previous year. For the year as a whole, Penn, the operator of 27 gambling facilities in the US and Canada, reported revenue of $2.84bn in 2015, up 9.7 per cent compared with revenue of $2.59bn in 2014. Penn’s fourth quarter results were boosted by improved GGR in Ohio, where casinos were opened in Mahoning Valley and Dayton, as well as in Toledo and Columbus. Plainridge Park Casino, Tropicana Las Vegas and Prairie State Gaming were all contributors to Penn’s results.
Highlights for the company saw it finally own a casino on the Las Vegas Strip with the purchase of the Tropicana, open a casino in Massachusetts and buy Prairie State Gaming, a VGT operator in Illinois.
Timothy Wilmott, President and CEO, said: “Penn National’s strong fourth quarter financial results exceeded guidance and wrap up an active and productive 2015, in which we
achieved positive operating results for the second straight year following the separation of the Company’s operating and real estate assets. Our progress throughout the year in enhancing operations, profitably growing market share in several key markets, maximising operating efficiencies, and the continued success of our expansion initiatives position us for further financial growth in fiscal 2016.
Penn’s West segment margin declined as a result of the inclusion of Tropicana Las Vegas. It saw improvements in its East/Midwest and Southern Plains operating segments. “In Massachusetts, throughout the fourth quarter we continued to refine Plainridge Park’s gaming floor offerings based on customer preferences while further adjusting promotions and advertising, and expanding our Marquee Rewards database to better compete with gaming facilities in neighboring states,” Mr. Wilmott explained. “Plainridge Park’s database now exceeds 160,000 customers and the property continues to generate the highest average win per machine across our 22 casino properties.
GSN Games buys social casino studio Plumbee
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GSN Games, a leading provider of social casino games and cash tournaments, has bought Plumbee, a social casino studio based in London. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Founded in 2011, Plumbee is best known for its successful Mirrorball Slots app, which boasts more than 10 million downloads on Facebook and mobile. Te studio brings a team of more than 40 with a proven track record of creating innovative games for social casino audiences.
GSN Games acquires 100 per cent of Plumbee Ltd, which was previously backed by Endemol and Idinvest Partners. “Tis important acquisition will immediately bolster GSN Games’ ambitious growth plans by leveraging the top talent and social casino expertise of Plumbee to create best-in-class winning experiences for our players,” said Steve Brunell, Chief Operating Officer of GSN. “We are also excited about the expansion of GSN Games into the United Kingdom, where we will look to capitalize on the high concentration of world- class gaming talent to supplement our outstanding Plumbee team.”
“Raf Keustermans, CEO of Plumbee commented on the deal: “We look forward to adding our art, engineering, product management, analytics and marketing expertise to the existing scale, stability and talent of GSN Games to create industry- leading social casino experiences.”
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In a landmark legal case, casino operator Affinity Gaming is suing cybersecurity firm Trustwave for over $100,000 for allegedly failing to adequately investigate and remedy a data breach. According to court documents, Affinity hired Trustwave to investigate and remediate a 2013 breach that compromised hundreds of thousands of credit cards. Te online gambling company claimed Trustwave conducted a ‘woefully inadequate’ investigation then submitted a misleading report to Affinity. Te gaming company learned its systems were still compromised despite Trustwave's efforts. A separate investigation was conducted after Trustwave by another data security firm, Mandiant, which reportedly revealed not only that the breach hadn’t been contained, but that Affinity's data was compromised during the time that Trustwave’s investigation and remediation efforts were still ongoing, according to the documents.
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